In town for just a short time from his native “cheese gulag” in Wisconsin, former Denverite Bill Amundson will leave a mark nonetheless: Tonight the artist/raconteur is the featured speaker at the Denver Art Museum’s Logan Lecture series (see the DAM website for details and tickets). And on Friday, Amundson…
Bankers! It was bumbling Uncle Billy who managed to misplace George Bailey’s deposit — but it was the banker, Mr. Potter, who took advantage of the situation. Just as bankers are taking advantage of the unfortunate today. It’s a Wonderful Life may be over sixty years old, but the movie…
The artwork featured at the Cherry Creeks Arts Festival will now be available for purchase all year with the launch of the organization’s new website, Art Shop, which launched last Wednesday. To celebrate, Art Shop is featuring commemorative festival posters from 1991 through 2012 — and they will be 50…
Over the summer, the Denver Art Museum explored the history and future of airport architecture through the design of local architect Curtis Fentress, the founder of Fentress Architects who designed Denver International Airport, including its iconic tent roof. Now highlights of the Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of…
My family doesn’t exchange Christmas gifts anymore. A few years ago, we decided to stop the madness — shopping cost too much, took up too much time and didn’t seem to serve anyone in a positive way. I’ve never been much of a gifter to begin with, partially because I…
The University of Colorado may not be able to win a football game, but the CU Art Museum has scored big with its traveling exhibition, “Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust.” The show, which debuted in Boulder in September, was curated by David Shneer, CU professor of…
When worldwide walker and Coloradan Polly Letofsky decided to take a hike, she covered 14,000 or so miles, with the goal of spreading awareness about breast cancer. Sometimes the challenges and hardships of the journey might have taken her off course philosophically, but now that she’s been back a while…
Last week, we asked readers for their favorite jokes — and promised that the people who provided the most laughs would win tickets to shows at either the original Comedy Works downtown or at Comedy Works South. Our overall winner? Q: How many hipsters does it take to screw in…
Ken Foster loves pit bulls — and he wants you to have the chance to do that, too. With his new book, I’m a Good Dog, Foster is on a mission to show readers that contrary to popular belief, pit bulls are some of the most loyal, loving — and…
Pete Wagner of Wagner Custom Skis — one of five Colorado-based ski builders featured in our January 2012 cover story on the local “microbrew” ski scene — caught the attention of The New York Times’ Technology section over the weekend: his small factory and design shop in Placerville (near Telluride)…
Having already chronicled Denver’s ghosts, street names and Jewish communities, local historian Phil Goodstein is digging into familiar ground in his latest book on our city’s forgotten past: Park Hill, the neighborhood where he once lived. Goodstein will appear at Tattered Cover Colfax tonight to discuss and sign copies of…
Whether you’re broke after shopping on Black Friday or simply extending Buy Nothing Day, there’s no need to refrain from going out this week — because there are many ways to keep yourself entertained for free! For example, you can visit the zoo, party like a lowlife writer at a…
Denver playwright and director Terry Dodd, who made a strong showing last spring at the Aurora Fox with his Amateur Night at the Big Heart, knows his way around a script — as well as the stage in general. Tonight, he’ll embark on a new journey with a staged reading…
‘Tis the season for endless reruns of It’s a Wonderful Life. But how wonderful did early critics consider this movie? J. Edgar Hoover thought it was Communist propaganda, reports Josiah Hesse. But 65 years later, “the film’s take on social welfare, real estate loans and class warfare remain poignantly relevant…
Earlier this week, we created a contest for you, our glorious readers, to win tickets to Comedy Works by submitting your favorite jokes. The post, which earned more than sixty submissions, resulted in some flat, some bewildering and some pretty hilarious jokes, and we recently announced our final winners. (Some…
As the holiday season kicks into high gear, Colorado celebrates with some high-wattage displays of light. Tonight, downtown Denver’s oldest architecture will be lit up with thousands of LED bulbs while the Denver Zoo and Botanic Gardens will go bright after dark later in the month. We’ve compiled a list…
Snowboarding season is getting into full swing up in the mountains, with resorts opening by the day (Steamboat and Eldora opened their 50th anniversary seasons this week, and Beaver Creek and Crested Butte are also now spinning chairs in time for Thanksgiving), but you wouldn’t know it down here in…
More than Home Alone or Miracle on 34th Street, It’s A Wonderful Life is probably the most beloved and iconic Christmas film for American audiences. Once a box-office bust, the film has received a second life as a prime-time television staple for holiday gatherings, and has now been adapted into…
Now that the turkey is all packed away in your fridge and the masses are elbowing each other out of the way for Black Friday deals, it’s time to go out and have fun without spending a lot of cash. There’s plenty to do this weekend without maxing out your…
Denver’s not the only buy-local shopper’s Valhalla to have big plans for tomorrow’s national AMEX-sponsored Small Business Saturday. Downtown Boulder is spreading the love to loyal gift-hunters, and more than forty businesses on the Pearl Street Mall and environs will participate by offering discounts, open houses, free good cheer and…
Yesterday one reader stopped to give thanks for a facility we named Best New Building in the Suburbs in the Best of Denver 2012: the Parker Arts, Culture and Events center, otherwise known as PACE. The facility, which opened in the fall of 2011, includes a theater, an auditorium, a…
In 2003, Sandra Phillips opened her namesake gallery in a funky former hair salon on Santa Fe Drive. One unfortunate aspect of the space was a spiral staircase that created a dangerous obstacle: I came dangerously close to banging my head against it many times. But despite such physical shortcomings,…
